Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-01-21
Pfodigal .Donneilys Return.

Prodigal :Donneilys Return.
Minneapolis Tribune: The practical
retaru Of 1snstius DonBeaIy TO the
Repub1icaa fold illustrates 1 feet Of
pecnlsar significance which will np. be
lost sight Of by alleged reformers who
complain of the failure Of the party n,
meet and grapple with every issue cf
every impatient crank, the rnomeat he
launches his new scheme for revolutpa-
izing all of the illa 10 which the political
flesh is htir.
{sonnel'y has lef, the Republican party
on two or three different occasions,
osteneabiy because the party halted in its
acceptance of some Of his visionary
theories until their merits were thorough.
ly tested But in every case he has
returned upon confession and reindorse-
ment Of his origina! fai,t, and ailA the
admission that in all his wanderings
after strange goods he has gone miserahIy
wrong. Ia his effective speech Of lat
Thursday evening a. the senatorial
CAUCUS, be admi,ted with suhaa issj G
fraukness that the Republican party and
their repressntatives-the outgoing and
incoming governors. and sena,ors-elect
OF Aicneao'a, and the platform Of
principals upon which they had made
their canvass, represented and embodied
the principals ard progress for which he
had been struggling, and the Repu blicxn
organization was the only one from
which snere was hope of securing hon
est and effective reform. The party may
be slower than some of the hot heads in
it; but in good tme-~at the practical
time, 10 fact, when the people are ripe
for and can be brought % the adoption
Of desired reforms, and are ready to
begin the march, the grand old party is
In the van with the war battered but
still victorious emblem Of IN emancipa-
ted race and rescued Union full high
advanced and they WAC deserted from
the ranks bebsuse the column failed al
the moment to respond to the "On to
R'chlnond' cry, are obliged to return
and re.enlist in order 10 be in at the
victory which Is certain ensue Mr.
Donnel|y returns to the Republican
party because II ls today what it was
wher he left 1.-THE en bodsment Of the
progressive civilization and advance
reform sentiment of the people upon
every issue affecting the public veal.
Men may come and men may &C.," bus
the grand old party goes on foraver.
Whether the question of the time be the
liberation and subsequent entranchise
rnent Of a race, the preservation of the
'epublic, the resumption Of specie
payments and the payment of an honest
debt with the honest dollars, the rhguIa~
ton and control of monopolies, the
s.pousal Of the cousc OF tenn mpcrance iu
the only practical or possible way, and
the establishment Of such bureaus and
the adoption Of such steps as shall mos.
surely and effectively ame|iurate the
condition Of labor throughout the
couniry-thcse are the miles,ones which
which mark the march Of the Republi.
can party in its long and honorable
career as the champion, defender and
upholder Of the rights of the people, and
AZ tqe promoter of the best and highest
interests Of the whole human race. 1t
was such a patty that Donnely left and
it is the same old and true party. which,
as the wandering political Prodical, he
Is only too g]a0 to come back to--con-
Tossing in the meantime the grievous
and disastrous mistake he made in
straying from the told, and his Joy at
returning to the generous and forgiving
parent OF his youth. We believe
Doane'y has returned to stay.